Abstract

SANCHEZ-DIRZO, Rafael; SILVA-CASARIN, Rodolfo; MENDOZA-BALDWIN, Edgar G.  and  GONZALEZ-HUERTA, Rosa de Gpe.. Hydrogen from sea. TIP [online]. 2012, vol.15, n.1, pp.49-61. ISSN 1405-888X.

Hydrogen is one fuel source able to substitute energy supplied by hydrocarbons and uranium and is particularly suitable for the generation of electricity. Besides being sustainable, hydrogen has also the fundamental advantage of being recyclable. The electrolysis process, the simplest process for hydrogen production, has been well known for more than two hundred years, but up to date the problem of using electricity generated from photovoltaic systems, from the wind or from ocean energy, on an industrial scale,has not been fully solved. While developments in wind and solar energy generation have been well documented in recent years, investigation into producing energy from the sea is just beginning. Mexico has more than twelve thousand kilometers of coastline and more than a thousand islands and should therefore look towards the sea in its search for developing sources of sustainable energy. This work reviews engineering projects which could hybridize renewable energy sources from the seas and evaluates the range of solutions offered internationally. While looking at the basic issue of renewable energy, it focuses on the fundamental problem of the storage of hydrogen for electricity generation.

Keywords : Sustainability development; ocean energy; hydrogen.